Ear Wax is your Friendby Murray Grossan, MDThe healthy person makes cerumen, which protects the ear canal. There is no need to remove cerumen unless it is blocking your hearing.

Ear Wax/cerumen is a natural product and is supposed to be in the ear canal. It contains useful antibiotic properties to protect against infection. It acts in the ear canal like oil on your skin.

Why do we have problems of the ear canal? It is because we are not designed for modern living, which includes shampoo, hair spray, hot tubs, showers, and swimming, to name a few. These activities remove the good wax from ears.read in detail

Huh...what was that? Overlooked consequences of hearing lossby Suzanne O'ConnorIt’s just your little secret… hearing loss. No one else suspects or notices it… you’re doing a great job faking it…it’s not hurting anything. So you can just ignore it… it’s just a hearing loss. Wrong!

Hearing loss has a direct impact on your quality of life, from holding a conversation with your granddaughter, listening to your favorite song on the radio, or simply hearing the birds while you’re pulling weeds in your garden.

Yet hearing loss is one of the most overlooked aspects of people’s health. One-third of Americans haven’t had their hearing tested in over ten years. And only thirteen percent of physicians routinely screen for hearing loss.read in detail

Hearing Lossby Ho-Sheng Lin, MDHearing loss, whether mild or severe, can get in the way of your ability to enjoy life and cause strains in relationship.

Do you have trouble following conversations in a noisy environment or over the phone? Do your friends, co-workers, or family complain that you purposely ignore them when they are talking to you? Do you get frustrated and upset because you frequently cannot understand or misinterpret what others are saying? If your answer is yes, then you may be among the 32.5 million Americans affected by hearing loss. Among older adults, hearing loss is one of the most common medical conditionsread in detail

Tinnitus: The Noise From Inside the Headby Ho-Sheng Lin, MDRepeated exposure to loud noises such as from iPods, radios, televisions, hair dryer, concerts, and sporting events will have a cumulative damaging effect on the hearing nerve.

Tinnitus is the medical term for the perception of noise in the ears or head in the absence of external sound. The word originates from Latin and means “to tinkle or to ring like a bell.” It can be objective (the sound can also be heard by a clinician) or subjective (heard only by the patient). In most cases, tinnitus is subjective. Patients with tinnitus often refer to the noise as “ringing in the ears.”read in detail